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'Spy pixels in emails have become endemic' | BBC News
The use of "invisible" tracking tech in emails is now "endemic", according to a messaging service that analysed its traffic at the BBC's request.#technology #tech #security #privacy

'Spy pixels in emails have become endemic'
Email app Hey reveals that two-thirds of the messages it handles contain the hidden trackers.www.bbc.co.uk
Explosive Document Reveals Facebook Gave Google Exclusive Access to Encrypted WhatsApp Messages | The Mac Observer
A document [PDF] from the Texas Attorney General as part of its antitrust investigation reveals that shortly after Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2015, it gave Google exclusive access to millions of WhatsApp messages, photos, videos, and audio files that were supposedly end-to-end encrypted at the time. If they were truly end-to-end encrypted, this sort of access would not be possible.#technology #tech #security #privacy #Google #Facebook